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The Rochester community has a higher-than-average number of U.S. military veterans and service members per capita. Monroe Community College counts more than 850 veterans in its current student enrollment. Eric Wheeler, a key player in the MCC Veterans Services office, ...

Thirty-one attorneys were honored by The Daily Record on June 2 as it presented its annual Excellence in Law awards at a luncheon at the Hyatt Regency Rochester. The awards are divided into into three categories: Unsung Legal Heroes, Top Women in ...

Pamela Reynolds of Littler Mendelson PC took the oath of office as the 34th president of the Greater Rochester Association of Women Attorneys, along with the newly elected board of directors, on May 25. The cocktail reception, dinner, and awards ...

Voting on the slate of officers for the 2016-2017 membership year, members of the Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys gathered at the Nixon Peabody conference room on April 21. The annual meeting was also an opportunity for current GRAWA ...

As founder of the Women’s Forum at Barclay Damon, Sheila Gaddis is very pleased to see the growth of the annual networking event, and delighted to welcome Buffalo colleague Carol Snider to this year’s guest list. Since last year’s Rochester ...

Members of the Monroe County Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section volunteered at Foodlink on Saturday (April 9) sorting and inspecting donated food. Front row, left to right: Frances Kabat, Alissa Fortuna-Valentine, and Tammy Garcia-Klipfel. Back row, left to right: John ...

Seven local law firms came together for the Inaugural D4 Cup, a Paddle Tennis Tournament hosted by D4 to benefit CURE Childhood Cancer Association. Over $1700 was raised for the charity which will help local families and their children that ...

The Greater Rochester Association of Realtors 2016 Agents’ Fair and Exhibit Show was held Thursday at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Rochester Riverside Convention Center. Hundreds of people attended the event sponsored in part by The Daily Record. Visitors got ...

“The bench and bar need to have a close relationship,” said Justice Gerald J. Whalen, Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division, Fourth Department as he spoke to an audience assembled to hear him and welcome several members of the local ...

Photos by Vasiliy Baziuk The law firm of Boylan Code LLP hosted its first All Things You Love networking event on March 10. The event was designed for the firm’s female clients and friends to showcase businesses that sell ...

“High givers” (defined as donors of $350 or more to the Campaign for Justice) came together at the Memorial Art Gallery on March 10 to mingle with sponsors and colleagues who helped the 2015 campaign to support legal services meet ...